Enamored Quotes

• And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.

  Ed Gillespie

  America, Interesting, President

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• In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments.

  Barack Obama

  Wise, Military, Smart

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• Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Evil, Political, Wish

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 56

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• I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

  Jean Genet

  Lying, Names, Giving

  Jean Genet, Edmund White (1993). “The selected writings of Jean Genet”, Ecco Pr

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• People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me.

  Michael Ironside

  People, Wonder, Take Me

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• Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.

  Kevin James

  Fighting, Ufc, Saws

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Freedom, Equality, America

  "Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville. Chapter III, Part I, 1835.

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• Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism was legion.

  Dennis Prager

  Expression, Numbers, Age

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• I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.

  Scott Wolf

  Movie, Growing Up, Tv Shows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Years, Ideas, Fame

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.

  Anna Quindlen

  Wedding, Men, Numbers

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Living Out Loud”, p.71, Ballantine Books

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• It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

  Chuck Norris

  Art, School, Korea

  "Chuck Norris: Against All Odds". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• When I was a kid, I was always enamored by - I appreciated the movies, and I was able to see them on VHS when I was a kid, but I was so enamored by the one-sheets and the posters. I had them in my room when I was a kid.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Kids, Able, Rooms

  "Dwayne Johnson Talks HERCULES, Using Yak Hair, Working with Brett Ratner, Almost Getting Russell Crowe on Board, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. April 7, 2014.

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• When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Inspirational, Motivational, Past

  "Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book Four, Chapter VIII, 1840.

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• Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Affliction, Juliet

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 3, l. 1

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• We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.

  Aaron Levie

  Goal, Sometimes, Great Company

  Twitter post from Nov 14, 2013

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• I suspect people who are indecisive are people who are far too enamored of analysis in all settings and are destroying their ability to make an instinctive judgment through over-analysis
  and that's dangerous.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  People, Analysis, Judgment

  "Gladwell reaches his tipping point", www.cnn.com. March 29, 2005.

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• Oh! Could you but see the beauty of a soul in the grace of God, you would be so much enamored of it that you would do nothing else but ask souls of God; and, on the contrary, could a soul in mortal sin be placed before your eyes, you would do nothing but weep, and you would hate sin more than the devil himself, and always pray for the conversion of sinners.

  Mary Magdalene

  Hate, Eye, Grace

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• You should not be afraid of failures, and not get enamored by success.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Love your material. Nothing frightens the inner critic more than the writer who loves her work. The writer who is enamored of her material forgets all about censoring herself. She doesn't stop to wonder if her book is any good, or who will publish it, or what people will think. She writes in a trance, losing track of time, hearing only her characters in her head.

  Allegra Goodman

  Book, Love You, Writing

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• I used to be enamored of object-oriented programming. I'm now finding myself leaning toward believing that it is a plot designed to destroy joy.

  Eric Allman

  Believe, Joy, Plot

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• Every Thanksgiving table should be blessed with the presence of a long-married pair who bring out the best in each other, are completely enamored despite their differences, and leave every other guest thinking, I’ll have what they’re having. Our holiday pies honor such so there’s a pleasant mix of textures and flavors in every bite. No matter how you slice partnerships, each spotlighting the perfect marriage of crust and filling these six irresistible desserts, there is a whole lot to love.

  Martha Stewart

  Blessed, Holiday, Thinking

  "Martha Stewart Openly Mocks Gwyneth Paltrow With ‘Conscious Coupling’ Story In Her Magazine" by Kristen Aiken, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 23, 2014.

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• I'm really enamored of the potato in all its guises.

  James Beard

  Potatoes, Guise

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• But to some extent, the whole aspect of Fascism was a real hot potato. Because so many of the aristocracy were enamored of the tenets of not only fascism but also of Adolf Hitler himself. And you know, that was treading on a lot of toes.

  Jacqueline Winspear

  Real, Aristocracy, Hot

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten.

  Andrew Bacevich

  Kids, Long, Fiction

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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